[2955] in testers
Re: general X lossage
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Mike Barker)
Wed Jun 19 22:39:03 1996
To: Marc Horowitz <marc@MIT.EDU>
Cc: mbarker@MIT.EDU, testers@MIT.EDU
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 19 Jun 1996 17:43:39 EDT."
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Date: Wed, 19 Jun 1996 22:38:45 EDT
From: Mike Barker <mbarker@MIT.EDU>
-it should be noted that this opens up the X server to a tcp spoofing
-attack which can turn X authorization off completely.
It is also unnecessary after 8.0C (which was put out tonight).
I.e., the X lossage which several people noted and reported had
an initial workaround. By late afternoon, the underlying cause
had been isolated and a fix put out.
Good point, though.
mike
